Some countries achieve international sports by building specialised facilities to train top athletes, instead of providing sports facilities that everyone can use. Do you think this is positive or negative development?

It is debatable whether or not it is beneficial for countries to focus on building specialized

facilities

to train talented

athletes

,

instead

of providing

facilities

that all

citizens

can use. I believe both are valid and the government should keep a balance when it comes to the

sports

policies for the top

athletes

and for the public. On the one hand, specialized training

facilities

can help to train the top

athletes

for the national

sports

teams, and potentially produce some of the world's best

athletes

in their chosen

sports

.

Moreover

, joining in major international sporting events can bring a great amount of prestige to a country and honour its

citizens

as a victorious community.

For example

, from the reports of international media, we can see how the

citizens

of the victorious countries of the World Football Cup,

such

as Brazil and Argentina enthusiastically celebrated their victories. Perhaps for them, no matter how much money they spend on training the national football team, it is worthwhile.

On the other hand

, others claim that

this

is a negative development for most

citizens

. Building specialized

facilities

for elite

athletes

means that funds are taken away from that planned for all populations.

For instance

, in Taiwan, the government prepares more than 100 billion NT dollars for the

sports

budget for all

citizens

yearly.

It is clear that

doing

sports

can help people to keep healthy and

as a result

, reduce the general expenditure of national health care. If the money for the public is redirected to training elite

athletes

, all the

citizens

may have not the same opportunities of participating in

sports

, which could have a negative impact on the general health of

citizens

.

To sum up

, I believe that government should maintain a balance between investing in specialized

facilities

for training elite

athletes

and providing enough

sports

facilities

for the population.